Customs recently issued a ruling on the CROSS database, that may be problematic for many importers. In H290535, a seller of merchandise provided the ten digit Harmonized Tariff classifications to
The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), on October 24, 2022, issued its final ruling and judgment in the appeal challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) results of the
On October 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) published its final scope and circumvention determination following its investigation of whether quartz surface products (QSP) exported from Malaysia should
On August 29, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) and invalidated the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC)
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on September 19, 2022, published notice that it has finalized its first administrative review (AR1) of the antidumping duty (ADD) order on passenger vehicle
On September 16, 2022, GDLSK received two unanimous decisions from the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) determining that a U.S. industry is not injured, or threatened with injury, by
On August 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), finalized its countervailing duty investigation of steel nails from Sri Lanka, assigning a low 4.12% CVD rate to GDLSK client
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has released an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) in order to further restrict China’s ability to
GDLSK Partner Arthur Bodek will be speaking at the opening panel of the U.S. Fashion Industry Association annual importers trade & transportation conference in New York on November 10, 2022.
Fern Thomas is the Firm’s Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, responsible for all aspects of its national and international operations, including finance, human resources, technology, risk management, real estate, and
Los Angeles Partner Richard Wortman will be co-chairing American Conference Institute’s 11th Advanced Forum on Import Compliance and Enforcement, taking place November 8-9, in Washington, DC at the Kimpton Hotel
Los Angeles Partner Richard Wortman will be presenting a webinar “When Customs Comes Knocking At Your Door” on September 15th, 2022 for the Los Angeles Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders
In Meyer Corporation v. US., the importer sought to establish the dutiable value of its imported cookware using the “first-sale” price from the manufacturer to the distributor. The Court of
Frank Desiderio and Erik Smithweiss will be speakers at the upcoming National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders G-TEC Conference in Chicago on August 1-2, 2022. Frank Desiderio will present on
At the recently concluded Bureau of Industry and Security Update Conference in Washington, D.C., Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Matthew Axelrod, announced four significant policy changes affecting export enforcement, which
The United States International Trade Commission (“USITC”), by a vote of 5 – 0, has determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by
In its decision of April 1, 2022, in In Re Section 301 Cases, Court No. 21-00052, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
The Foreign Trade Association is offering a virtual course in preparation for the October 2022 Customs Broker License Exam. The 11 week exam preparation course is taught by Erik Smithweiss of Grunfeld,
Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”), effective June 21, 2022, a rebuttable presumption of “forced labor” will apply to goods that are produced, wholly or in part in
On June 2, 2022, GDLSK’s Heather Litman will join Elva Muñeton, Acting Executive Director Office of Trade, UFLPA Implementation Task Force, and Daniel Meylor of Carmichael International Service on a webinar concerning
New York/New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Assn., JFK Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, and Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP, one of the nation’s leading law firms
The United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) has announced the commencement of its retrospective investigation on the economic impact on the U.S. industries most affected by the Section 232 and
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) has announced the commencement of its mandatory four-year review of the China 301 duties put in place in connection with the
On Thursday 21 April, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) issued a draft for public review and comment of its first set of implementing regulations1
On April 12, 2022, CBP posted an announcement of its intention to issue “Known Importer Letters” in advance of the June 21st effective date of the rebuttable presumption under the
On April 1, 2022, the three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) hearing the challenge to the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) imposition of List 3 and
On March 28, 2022, the Department of Commerce (“DOC”) initiated a country-wide circumvention investigation on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s Republic of
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